Major airline alliances call on governments for support due to coronavirus

DUBAI (Reuters) - The three major airline alliances - Star, SkyTeam and oneworld - on Monday jointly called on governments and stakeholders to extend extraordinary support to airlines to alleviate pressure caused by the coronavirus outbreak.

"The human and financial impact that the COVID-19 outbreak is having on the aviation industry is unprecedented," SkyTeam Chief Executive Kristin Colvile said in a joint statement.